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Nuclear Science Symposium (NSS), Medical Imaging Conference (MIC),
and 16th International Workshop on Room Temperature Semiconductor
X- and Gamma-Ray Detectors (RTSD) will be held for the first time
in Germany, in the culturally rich city of Dresden, on October 19-25,
2008, at the International Congress Center, Dresden.
This will be the third NSS/MIC outside North America. Attendance
at the European-based NSS/MIC’s has been strong from the beginning
with about 1,300 participants in Lyon (2000), and increasing strongly
since with over 1,800 participants in Rome (2004). It is anticipated
that the Dresden 2008 conference will be the largest yet, with 2,000
participants or more.
Preparations for this major annual event for our world-wide science
community are on schedule and in full swing. The site and conference
venue have been determined and contracts are being secured, the
extensive conference budget has been worked out and is approved,
and the conference organizing committee is complete. Next steps
include the planning of the scientific program as well as the detailed
local arrangements and conference and attendee services preparations.
Research Center Dresden Rossendorf (FZD), a German national physics
laboratory near Dresden, will serve as the local organizing institution
and has agreed to provide substantial support to the Conference
and General Chair.
As the 2008 NSS/MIC General Chair, being also active in the NPSS
Transnational Committee (TNC), I would like to encourage and welcome
feedback and input from our world-wide community. I would like to
encourage and welcome sharing of any ideas, suggestions, or any
other comments you may have, related to the preparation work and
shaping of this major event for our world-wide science community.
For additional information, and to share feedback, ideas and suggestions,
please contact the 2008 IEEE NSS/MIC General Chair Dr. Uwe Bratzler,
who can be reached at CERN and TMU, European Organization for Nuclear
Research, Physics Department, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland; E-mail:
Uwe.Bratzler@cern.ch.
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